Kaizer Chiefs: Bookies laugh off Amakhosi’s title chances for ANOTHER season

The 2021/22 DStv Premiership season will be another trophy-less affair for long-suffering Kaizer Chiefs supporters, if bookmakers are to be believed.

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With the league season in full swing it already appears to be a one-team race for the title come May next year – and that team is NOT Kaizer Chiefs!

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The smart money suggests Mamelodi Sundowns will win a fifth consecutive – and 12th overall – title as their biggest rivals have already shown signs of struggle after just five matches this season.

Leading South African bookmakers Hollywoodbets currently have Mamelodi Sundowns as 15/20 favourites to retain their title with their odds shortening as each weekend passes.

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The Brazilians have had a brutal opening five matches to their season having faced – and beaten – AmaZulu, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates!

Their fourth win came against TS Galaxy and their only stumble to date was a goalless stalemate against Chippa United.

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While they are in MTN8 action this week and have upcoming CAF Champions League commitments as well, Mamelodi Sundowns’ next league match is another tough one against Swallows (Sunday, 3 October at 17:30).

Worryingly for their opponents, Mamelodi Sundowns’ league opponents can only get easier from here onwards!

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It’s the teams that follow in the odds that may surprise some.

Orlando Pirates, who finished third last season, are on offer at 5/1 to be crowned champions for the first time since the 2011/12 season.

Red-hot SuperSport United are next best at 7/1 followed by surprise packages at this stage, Stellenbosch FC (10/1).

Kaizer Chiefs follow at 14/1 and are already considered rank outsiders for the title, a title they last won in the 2014/15 season.

The Glamour Boys have slipped in the odds in recent weeks having started the season as joint-second favourites alongside their fellow Soweto giants, Orlando Pirates.

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Last season’s runners-up, Benni McCarthy’s AmaZulu, have found the going a lot tougher this time around and are now a lowly joint seventh-favourites along with Royal AM at 33/1.

They incredibly find themselves behind now fellow KwaZulu-Natal side Royal AM (16/1) in the odds!

Meanwhile, the battle to avoid relegation promises to be a fierce one this season with Hollywoodbets currently believing Chippa United, TS Galaxy and Marumo Gallants are the three teams fighting to avoid being the side to be automatically relegated.

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